Haste makes waste. Both Congress and President Obama continue to find this out on a daily basis.
Harry Reid failed to ramrod the Omnibus earmark bill through the Senate last night, forcing him into late-night conniving with Nancy Pelosi to figure out how to put a happy face on this latest budget disaster.
That means there’s now time to call your elected servants and push them to make good on all those “no earmarks” promises. Ask them to pull theirs and vote no on anyone else’s. They really need to understand that while the country is, indeed, in dire straits, the American people don’t want Pretty Kitty band-aids that will only lead to amputations later.
Besides, why such a rush when Geithner, like his boss, still can’t fill senior positions on his staff? Positions that will be key to ladeling out all the pork?